Pinthouse Pizza
Dosen't Like Position of Some Vets
RECEIVED Tue., Dec. 20, 2005
Dear Editor,
I know some of the vets (notice I said some, not all, so if you're not in that group please don't take offense) here in Austin feel they are an elite group and they lobbied very hard in Travis County to make sure they aren't even required to offer animal registration. In Dallas and other Texas counties it is a given that if a veterinarian is allowed to practice in that market then that vet is required to shoulder some of the responsibility for the upkeep of that market, meaning the vets are required to register animals as a part of their business. In Austin they claim it isn't their job. Along with the privilege of practicing in our county should come the responsibility of enforcing registration. The store clerks don't work for the state comptroller's office, but they are required by law to collect sales tax. It is part of the responsibility/privilege of operating a store in the marketplace created by the citizens and government of Texas. It should be the same with registration and other related animal ordinances or laws such as the rabies vaccine. How selfish is it to want to reap the benefits of practicing in Travis County but not want to accept the responsibilities that go with it?
I know some of the vets (notice I said some, not all, so if you're not in that group please don't take offense) here in Austin feel they are an elite group and they lobbied very hard in Travis County to make sure they aren't even required to offer animal registration. In Dallas and other Texas counties it is a given that if a veterinarian is allowed to practice in that market then that vet is required to shoulder some of the responsibility for the upkeep of that market, meaning the vets are required to register animals as a part of their business. In Austin they claim it isn't their job. Along with the privilege of practicing in our county should come the responsibility of enforcing registration. The store clerks don't work for the state comptroller's office, but they are required by law to collect sales tax. It is part of the responsibility/privilege of operating a store in the marketplace created by the citizens and government of Texas. It should be the same with registration and other related animal ordinances or laws such as the rabies vaccine. How selfish is it to want to reap the benefits of practicing in Travis County but not want to accept the responsibilities that go with it?
Delwin Goss